Bosch: Rising of the first MEMS titan

With an impressive 20 percent growth in MEMS revenue compared to 2013, and sales revenues of more than USD 1.2bn, Robert Bosch GmbH is the clear #1.

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Yole Développement’s yearly analysis of “Top100 MEMS Players”, shows the clear emergence of what could be a future “MEMS titan”: Robert Bosch (Bosch). Driven by MEMS for smartphone sales – including pressure sensors -, Bosch’s MEMS revenue increased by 20 percent in 2014, and totalling USD 1.2 billion. The gap between Bosch and STMicroelectronics now stands at more than USD 400 millionM.
“The top five remains unchanged from 2013, but Bosch now accounts for one-third of the USD 3.8 billion MEMS revenue shared by the top five MEMS companies. Together, these five companies account for around one-third of the total MEMS business”, details Jean-Christophe Eloy, President & CEO, Yole Développement (Yole). “It’s also interesting to see that among the top thirty players, almost every one increased its revenue in 2014”, he adds.
Top10 MEMS players in 2014